Operating Systems

Catalog description

Operating systems sit between software developers and the hardware and make modern computing possible. Nearly every device today runs an operating system: a microwave, your smartphone, laptop, and even cars! This course covers the principles and realization of modern operating systems via a hands-on approach: students implement an operating system for an ARM64-based computer from scratch and extend it throughout the semester. Topics include the hardware/software interface, operating system structure, managing I/O via interrupts, process isolation, virtualization, concurrency and file systems. We use case studies with Linux, Windows and students' own operating system. This course covers the same material as the combination of CSCI 1670 and 1690 and shares their assignments.